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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
21. I have been giving this some thought.
Wed Dec 14, 2016, 05:23 PM
Dec 2016

In the context of barnstorming Iowa in Paul Wellstone's old bus. 😀

Every county in America has an extension agent, whose job is to optimize agriculture in that county. Why not add one who does the same for industry, by analyzing the county's workforce, transportation, etc.?

I'll be down at the local diner chowing down on a loose meat sandwich. 😀

Why assume that the GOP wants to solve a problem that GOP policies created? guillaumeb Dec 2016 #1
Why assume that the GOP wants to solve a problem that they profit from? Wounded Bear Dec 2016 #25
An excellent addition. guillaumeb Dec 2016 #32
The 1% learned their lesson very well in the 60's. Girard442 Dec 2016 #26
Exactly. Else You Are Mad Dec 2016 #28
As Sam Kinison would say you doc03 Dec 2016 #2
Except they have no money to move to a more expensive place where they have no job waiting for them. LonePirate Dec 2016 #6
Their children that manage to go doc03 Dec 2016 #10
Other than Universal Income, the Left (Us) don't have much of a plan either... JCMach1 Dec 2016 #3
With a Teabagger Government at the helm? HughBeaumont Dec 2016 #9
the good news is that the Right is even more clueless about this... still selling trickle down JCMach1 Dec 2016 #22
People are moving greymattermom Dec 2016 #4
Green Jobs Jean-Jacques Roussea Dec 2016 #5
Parts of Arizona can help in that regard too. HughBeaumont Dec 2016 #11
Actual farms and wind farms can coexist Bettie Dec 2016 #24
Trade reform leading to decent jobs or it won't be pretty...there will literally Demsrule86 Dec 2016 #7
I work 10 hours a day Horse with no Name Dec 2016 #8
Well here's what I think. hollowdweller Dec 2016 #12
This reminds me of my aunt's city in upper Maine. HughBeaumont Dec 2016 #16
There isn't much to cure rural economic ills. There's no plan for options to Mayberry. haele Dec 2016 #13
You know what? matt819 Dec 2016 #14
I get the sentiment. HughBeaumont Dec 2016 #17
Unemployment rate by state Charles Bukowski Dec 2016 #15
I keep getting e-mails from LinkedIn matt819 Dec 2016 #18
I think the answer is to make "bad jobs" good. Willie Pep Dec 2016 #19
yup. dont know why people act as though factory jobs were inherently good La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2016 #31
Exactly. Willie Pep Dec 2016 #33
They would have to be willing to move to different jobs bravenak Dec 2016 #20
Move is the key term... jobwise and geographically... the jobs are not returning to rural America JCMach1 Dec 2016 #23
I have been giving this some thought. KamaAina Dec 2016 #21
there is no "cure" coming, but there will be plenty of scapegoating 0rganism Dec 2016 #27
self-delete raccoon Dec 2016 #29
Buy an Audi/Honda. Dawson Leery Dec 2016 #30
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